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Strategy programs are advantageous for individuals with outstanding coordinating and planning skills. Such a program can develop these skills further, teaching individuals about strategic decision making and management. Analysis, entrepreneurship and corporate strategy are topics that may be discussed.

Knowledge economy, as was defined by Peter Drucker and others, poses unprecedented challenges for companies and organizations. One of the pillars on which business models
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Knowledge economy, as was defined by Peter Drucker and others, poses unprecedented challenges for companies and organizations. One of the pillars on which business models are based on this new era is innovation, a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. From this perspective, strategic management of innovation resulting in the ability of the company to build a culture of innovation that can generate value reinventing regularly its own business model, adapting to the constantly changing environment and introducing innovations incremental order , developmental and / or disruptive. It is the responsibility of driving teams create the internal conditions for these policies - the result of a Vision and Mission consensus - are properly understood and internalized through appropriate communication processes. Innovations can occur in multiple stages inside and outside the company (Doblin model). This is a proposal theoretical-practical oriented development of generic and systemic skills in order to integrate innovation in organizational culture as a strategic axis for value creation in business models and policies for development and growth companies and organizations....
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A comprehensive training to add value to the organization through the results of its people.
This program deepens the development of management skills and leadership, foc
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A comprehensive training to add value to the organization through the results of its people.
This program deepens the development of management skills and leadership, focused on continuous improvement of quantitative and qualitative strategic management of human resources variables. It provides a solid training policies aimed at developing human capital development, aligned to organizational objectives.

At the end of the program, the student will have acquired the knowledge and skills for handling tools that allow you to develop a plan for managing people, aimed at creating conditions of competitiveness, motivation, integration, growth, achievement and working environment, properly handling the dynamics imposed by economic and social changes in the local and international context. The development of this program that takes the human resource management of an organization, and in turn necessarily integrated into current knowledge of advanced management central challenge, allows the graduate to develop a momentous action, diagnosing, assessing and applying their knowledge in all levels of management, with tools that allow you to monitor cultural changes, values ​​and skills development....
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Our Advanced Interdisciplinary Programme is open to everyone, regardless of academic background,
but preference will be given to students, recent university graduates, an
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Would you like an inside look into the operations at Coca-Cola, HSBC, Bank of England, Jaguar, Shell, Vodafone, Tesco, British Telecommunications (BT), Foster and Partners, Apple or Warner Bros Studio: The Making of Harry Potter, and other top companies? Look no further than IEFE's Advanced Interdisciplinary Programme.

Our Advanced Interdisciplinary Programme is open to everyone, regardless of academic background, but preference will be given to students, recent university graduates, and professionals with hands-on experience in their chosen field. This interdisciplinary programme offers a middle ground between our Industry Specific Programme and our Corporate & Professional Programme. The main goal is cultivating tomorrow’s leaders who take strategic risks and induce positive change. It focuses on career-enhancing skills and professional development in the modern world, along with tours of international businesses and cultural landmarks, entrance to speciality exhibits and conferences, and the extraordinary opportunity to hear industry speakers from a variety of fields and insight into what makes the world’s biggest companies tick....
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The CIMA F3 Financial Strategy course focuses on providing you with the building blocks that you need to learn how to prepare, implement and manage a financial strategy o
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What are the objectives of this course?

The syllabus is broken down into three units; formulation of financial strategy, financing decisions and investment decisions and project control.

Get to grips with potential strategic financial objectives of an organisation and learn about the external and internal factors that can impact financial strategy.
Learn the three key decisions of financial management – investment, financing and dividend – and learn more about the relationship between the three.
Learn about current and emerging issues in financial and external reporting, including new accounting standards and environmental factors.
Learn how to evaluate the financing requirements of an organisation and how to implement objectives and strategies that could lead to their attainment, including both short-term and long-term targets.
Learn about the available alternative methods of achieving the financing requirements, including stakeholders, investments, long-term debt and methods of issuing securities and the effect that these financing decisions can have on the final balance sheet structure.
Delve into the operation of stock exchanges, including the efficient market hypothesis and how share prices are calculated.
Understand the role of the treasury function and the advantages/disadvantages of establishing a treasury department within an organisation.
Learn how to evaluate investment choices, including the costs, benefits and risks of particular projects and their financial and strategic implications.
Look at merger, acquisition and divestment as potential opportunities, as well as exit strategies and the reasons behind them.
Gain insight into the various potential investment projects, how to implement them and how to control them,...
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Boost your knowledge and expertise with the strategic level course, as part of the CIMA Professional Chartered Management Accounting qualification and take another step t
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What are the objectives of this course?

This course covers both financial and non-financial risk management as well as strategy. Learn how to evaluate and implement ideas to help control these risks and ensure organisation success.

Learn about the social, political and economic context of business, including what control systems can be implemented to ensure effective management of an organisation and how to solve issues, which can arise due to weakness, associated with these systems.
Learn about the various types of risk that can affect an organisation, including financial, commodity price and business risks – such as fraud, contractual inadequacy or loss of reputation – and how to quantify an organisation’s risk exposures and report on them.
Evaluate the various risk management strategies that can be executed and understand the purpose of internal control systems to not only identify potential risks but also its role in managing them.
Understand what makes good corporate governance when related to internal controls and learn to evaluate the ethical issues that can become a risk to an organisation.
Learn about audit process and the various tools that can be applied during; understand the principles of the audit and review process and learn how to solve problems during the practice.
Delve even further into the subjects of corporate governance and the ethical issues that can be faced by an organisation.
Analyse the financial risks that an organisation can be faced with and their possible sources.
Look at the various alternative risk management tools, their accounting...
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The CIMA Professional – Strategic Level (E3) qualification is one of three modules that make up the strategic level of the certificate. The aim of the E3 course is to advance your knowledge and skills so that you can design and implement strategies, which can improve the performance of an enterprise.

Learn how external factors, including stakeholders, society, suppliers and customers, can affect an organisation’s strategy.
Understand the impact of information systems on an organisation, including IT and the Internet.
Get to grips with the main elements of the change process, so that you can help to advise an organisation on how to manage resistance to change and what can trigger the changes in the first place.
Learn how to advise on, recommend and implement a change programme and learn the role of management in the change process.
Understand and evaluate the process of strategy development, including strategy formulation, the various strategic options, the different organisational structures and the role of directors in the process.
Evaluate the various tools and techniques, qualitative and quantitative, which are used within strategy development processes, including trend analysis, system modelling and the Delphi method.
Gain insight into the appropriate control methods and be able to recommend them according to the strategy being implemented.
Learn how to recommend solutions to problems faced by performance management situations and be able to evaluate alternative models of performance management, such as the balanced scorecard.
Boost your advisory skills and learn how...
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Develop the skills required to make informed business strategy decisions by completing the CIMA Strategic Level course. The course will take you through several disciplin
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What are the objectives of this course?

By completing this course you will master the advanced principles of management accounting and equip yourself with the know how to make long-term strategic financial decisions.

E3 – Strategic Management

Students will learn how to formulate and implement a long-term strategy, creating the vision for long-term, sustainable success. This involves:
Defining the corporate mission, objectives and stakeholders, and performing a Position Audit and Corporate Appraisal.
Including Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics into the business strategy.
Implementing Change Management processes, and using Strategic Performance Measurement to assess success.
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This programme has been specifically designed for busy practitioners who recognise the value of achieving a postgraduate level CIPD qualification. You need only attend on
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An intensive, fast-track qualification programme

Develop specific knowledge and understanding in the area of coaching and mentoring by reviewing, questioning and considering solutions to meet strategic business needs.

This programme has been specifically designed for busy practitioners who recognise the value of achieving a postgraduate level CIPD qualification. You need only attend one week of face-to-face workshops with the remaining support and submission being completed by phone or online within four weeks of the workshop.

Who is it for

This programme is aimed at delegates who:

are senior enough to make strategic decisions and/ or have a level of influence that will impact other key stakeholders
have a good level of coaching and mentoring experience and knowledge – ideally 3 years
are working for an organisation that has a real need to introduce and /or improve coaching and mentoring initiatives
are keen to have all the face-to-face workshops completed in a one week block, so the programme can be very suitable for practitioners working outside the UK.
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Get certified in the Better Business Cases™ methodology that is based on UK Government Treasury guidelines.
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What are the objectives of this course?

The model revolves around five cases – Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management and is based on UK Government Treasury guidelines in conjunction with the Welsh Government.

Understand the Better Business Case (BBC) process in its entirety and appreciate the importance to both those responsible for producing the business cases and those who approve them.
Cover, in depth, the Five Case Model, including strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management elements.
Appreciate methodologies that can be applied at both macro and micro levels i.e. strategic and tactical applications.
Recognise ways in which unnecessary spends can be minimised and public values can be optimised.
Who is it intended for?
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Understand how to plan spending proposals and business decisions with precision and expertise with this Better Business Cases™ Foundation course.
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What are the objectives of this course?

The model revolves around five cases – Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management and is based on UK Government Treasury guidelines in conjunction with the Welsh Government.

Understand the Better Business Case (BBC) process in its entirety and appreciate the importance to both those responsible for producing the business cases and those who approve them.
Cover, in depth, the Five Case Model, including strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management elements.
Appreciate methodologies that can be applied at both macro and micro levels i.e. strategic and tactical applications
Recognise ways in which unnecessary spends can be minimised and public values can be optimised.
Who is it intended for?
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Get certified in ITIL® Service Strategy and be able to determine a workable, efficient, client-pleasing IT service strategy.
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What are the objectives of this course?

The course will help IT professionals improve their knowledge of ITIL® Service Strategy and help them to understand the role of service strategy in the context of the ITIL® framework before diving into the specifics of strategy design and implementation.

The principles behind good service design
The processes they need to be built in to support and manage the service strategy
Using IT frameworks to help improve governance and the impact of strategy on other business processes
Building the team and assigning roles and responsibilities necessary to implement strategy
Identifying and resolving issues that could prevent successful deployment of the new strategy
Who is it intended for?
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Fully prepare for taking on the Managing Across the Lifecycle course with this ITIL® Intermediate Level Service Lifecycle track. This bumper training and exam package
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What are the objectives of this course?

The Service Lifecycle provides a broad management focus of ITIL® practice areas, modules included are:

Service Strategy
Service Design
Service Transition
Service Operation
Continual Service Improvement

Service Strategy

ITIL® approach to viewing service management as a process within a larger system
Principles behind good service design
Processes that need to be built in to support and manage the service strategy
Using IT frameworks to help improve governance and the impact of strategy on other business processes.
Building the team and assigning roles and responsibilities necessary to implement the strategy.
Using technology to underpin strategy through the use of increased automation and escalation.
Designing, implementing and transitioning to a new service strategy
Identifying and resolving issues that could prevent successful deployment of the new strategy.
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Hari Kalymnios, author, and founder of The Thought Gym will show you how to set and achieve any goal in your life. Most people struggle with goal setting because they don
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Hari Kalymnios, author, and founder of The Thought Gym will show you how to set and achieve any goal in your life. Most people struggle with goal setting because they don’t have a structured and proven process to follow. This course will give you the best one!

In this course, you will learn the 13 step process to set and achieve your goals, whatever they may be. It doesn’t even matter if you don’t know what they are yet – you will learn how to figure this out, develop a plan and then achieve it.

Each training session or lecture is delivered with Hari himself directly on the camera, training you. Stop sitting at home and wondering why it isn’t you, and start taking action – begin by enrolling in this course!...
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This intensive business strategy programme provides a toolbox of practical techniques to seize opportunities and manage risks in unpredictable markets.
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Programme overview

"Ask yourself, can your company harness the winds of change?"

This intensive business strategy programme provides a toolbox of practical techniques to seize opportunities and manage risks in unpredictable markets.

This programme explains how companies can survive and thrive in volatile markets by quickly seizing unforeseen opportunities, responding to threats that endanger their very survival and out-manoeuvring rivals.

This business strategy programme is for CEOs, senior managers or general managers working within emerging markets or highly unpredictable business environments. Functional managers looking to positively influence their departmental strategy feeding into the overall company strategy or develop entry strategies for unpredictable markets. Consultants, venture capitalists or other professionals advising or funding companies that compete in highly unpredictable markets...
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This program provides leaders with the skills and strategies to tackle complex business challenges that have no clearly identified solution.
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The farther up the corporate ladder you are, the harder it gets.But sometimes, no matter how long you have been at it, you find a challenge before you that is more complicated than anything you have ever seen.Maybe you are a CEO in the middle of a merger - and you need to find a way to bring two cultures together. Maybe you are the head of a pharmaceutical company that is bringing a new drug to market. Or maybe you are a physician heading up a large research grant for a university.You have to bring other people into the picture to find a way.You need Navigating Complex Challenges. This program provides leaders with the skills and strategies to tackle complex business challenges that have no clearly identified solution. Over the course of 12 weeks, including three days in the classroom, you will address your own complex challenge, your leadership role in navigating the challenge, and techniques for managing the challenge within the context of your organization....
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